HTC One S

Been after this phone for a while and finally going to get one this week! Be sad to see my desire s go though Anyway just wanted to hear from members who have the phone. How do you find it? Any tips for using the phone etc.

Got it on the crazy talkmobile £16/mth U/L data deal a while ago but ended up giving it to my son (long story). Nice phone (pretty slippy so you will need a case) but imo this is one of the phones that now looks very expensive when compared to the Nexus 4 I now have.

I have just gone into the bootloader via holding down and turning the phone on and it says its s-off. Could this be the reason why I havnt had the software update?

You bought this second hand right?

Sounds like it's running a custom rom or unbranded firmware (on branded phone) or something like that. So yes, that would explain why there is no update. What happens when you boot into recovery? Does it show CWM?

Sounds like it's running a custom rom or unbranded firmware (on branded phone) or something like that. So yes, that would explain why there is no update. What happens when you boot into recovery? Does it show CWM?

No I got a red x on the screen (which got me a bit worried) but long press on power button turned the phone off then I just started it up as normal.

No you won't, ever.
You can update yourself if your reasonable on a PC / Laptop
Head over to xda developers for info,

So what are the advantages of being s-off then? I was told over on xda that it was running sipercid. The furthest I have got with updating a phone was with my desire s when I got the final update off the HTC dev website but that was straight forward enough.

So what are the advantages of being s-off then? I was told over on xda that it was running sipercid. The furthest I have got with updating a phone was with my desire s when I got the final update off the HTC dev website but that was straight forward enough.

Well, you can now flash roms, including more up to date ones.
That's your advantage right there.
You just can't do it via the update software part of the phone.

Well, you can now flash roms, including more up to date ones.
That's your advantage right there.
You just can't do it via the update software part of the phone.

Thought you had to be rooted to do that? It's all new to me this. So is it just a case of finding a Rom you like,downloading it onto your pc then connecting the phone and installing it? That's all I did when I installed the desire s update.

Thought you had to be rooted to do that? It's all new to me this. So is it just a case of finding a Rom you like,downloading it onto your pc then connecting the phone and installing it? That's all I did when I installed the desire s update.

Xda developers . Everything you need is there, including how to videos.
Root is required, yes, but its very straightforward